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Yali in pillars at Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple. Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple was built by Pandyan Emperor Sadayavarman Kulasekaran I (1190 CE–1205 CE). He built the main portions of the three-storeyed Gopuram at the entrance of Sundareswarar Shrine and the central portion of the Goddess Meenakshi Shrine, which are some of the earliest surviving parts of the temple.
The Meenakshi temple was patronized by many kings ( Pandyas, Vijaya Nagar Kings, and Nayaks) who ruled Tamil Nadu in various points of time. The Meenakshi temple complex reflects the Heritage of India in the form of the temple complex being built with exquisite stone sculptures.
Meenakshi Temple, Madurai. The early temple architecture phase in Tamil Nadu opens with the rock-cut cave temples. [140] [141] The Tamil country is home to the 'South Indian' or 'Dravidian' style of medieval temple architecture. [140] Typical temple consists of a hall and a square sanctum (the gabhagrha)
Images or icons have been found on the entrance walls of the temples, and the graceful mythical lion is believed to protect and guard the temples and ways leading to the temple. They usually have the stylised body of a lion and the head of some other beast, most often an elephant (gaja-vyala). [ 8 ]
By far their greatest work was the Meenakshi-Sundaraswarar complex in Madurai, which is known for its four towering gopurams up to 50 metres in height. The original structure that stood there during Pandyan times was neglected during the Madurai Sultanate and fell into ruin, and the Vijayanagara rulers had begun to rebuild it.
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The temple complex has been nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is in UNESCO's tentative list. [8] Other temples like Madurai Kallalagar temple which has high ‘Gopuram’ towers ornamented with colourful figures, and the Meenakshi Temple with high colourful towers and great long
Sarangapani temple, Kumbakonam. The Sanctum sanctorum is designed like Chariot, Chola architecture These are the two surviving Hindu temples of the pre-Pallava period namely, Veetrirundha Perumal Temple and Murugan temple at Saluvankuppam. These temples are one of the oldest ones in Tamil Nadu. Part of a series on Tamils History History of Tamil Nadu History of Sri Lanka Sources of ancient ...